Background/aim: The aim was to evaluate the efficiency of IES procedures; we also assessed the quality of the blastocysts developed from embryos obtained from different sources.
Materials and Methods: Good quality embryos at 6-8 cell stages were categorized according to their fertilization sources: 1) frozen-warmed donated embryos, 2) chromosomally abnormal embryos, 3) parthenogenetic embryos and 4) embryos derived from fertilization of in vitro matured oocytes (rescue IVM). After IES, splitting and developmental efficiency was assessed. Furthermore, the quality of the developed blastocysts was evaluated by Hoechst and propidium iodide (PI) staining.
Results: The data showed a high rate of both splitting and developmental efficiency in the frozen-warmed embryos after IES (140% and 71.7%, respectively), followed by chromosomally abnormal embryos (96.8% and 52.5%, respectively). Results of the Hoechst and PI staining showed that the mean± SD cell numbers of control group was higher (113.11±16.01) than that of twins A (donor blastomeres embryos, 58±12.2) and twins B (recipient blastomeres embryos, 50.4±8.5), respectively.
Conclusion: The chromosomally normal embryos enrolled in IES are more potent to develop to the viable blastocyst. For research purposes, 1PN and 3PN embryos are one the best option for splitting procedures, regardless of the poor quality of developed blastocysts.
Key words: Human embryo, In vitro splitting, Blastocyst